Marissa Powell Crowned Miss Utah USA 2013

Road to Miss USA 2013:Marissa Powell, Miss Mount Olympus USA, was crowned Miss Utah USA 2013 on October 27, 2012 at the fabulous Val A. Browning Center for the Performing Arts in Ogden, Utah. The beauty from Salt Lake City is 21 years old and stands 5’7″. She will represent Utah in the Miss USA 2013 beauty pageant.

Marissa Powell profile:
– Age: 20
– Hometown: Salt Lake City
– Parents: Jim and Shannon Powell
– Talents: Singing and writing music with my group ‘Geniveve’, Modeling, Acting, and playing Volleyball on any court- especially sand!
– Honors/Awards: 1st Runner-up Miss Utah USA 2012, Lead Actress on ABC’s What Would You Do? TV episode in Salt Lake City, Played volleyball at Westminster College 2011, Service Scholar award 2010, Sang the National Anthem for the Real Salt Lake soccer team during the Rocky Mountain Cup for over 10,000 people!

Marissa Powell is a singer who has performed with her group ‘Geniveve’ in numerous venues across the state of Utah, singing the National Anthem for over 10,000 people at the Rocky Mountain Cup for ReAL Salt Lake, as well as writing and performing original songs for the past six years.

As a model and an actress she has been involved in runway, print and film; featured in Fitness Magazine, television commercials and recently appearing on ABC’s What Would you Do? TV episode as a lead actress.

She played volleyball throughout High school and was awarded All-Region two years in a row and Deseret News First Team All-State 5A Defensive Specialist of the Year 2009. She played volleyball for Westminster College in 2010.

Marissa’s community involvement includes volunteering for Primary Children’s Hospital for the last five years as a member of the Kids Crew in the Forever Young Zone. She plans on helping to promote programs at Primary Children’s Hospital this year during her reign as Miss Utah USA and serve as an ambassador for Healing Hands for Haiti International Foundation.

Marissa has studied at Westminster College and Brigham Young University.

Utah has been quite successful at Miss USA, with 20 placements as of 2009. Their most consistent period was in the 1950s and 1960s. Utah has produced one Miss USA in 1960 (Linda Bement, who went on to win the Miss Universe 1960 title). Miss Utah USA 1957, Charlotte Sheffield, also won the Miss USA 1957 crown after the original titleholder (Leona Gage of Maryland) was dethroned. Utah has a strong recent record, having placed in four out of five pageants between 2005 and 2009.